It’s always struck Anti-Peat as interesting how labels like avant-garde stop being a descriptor of being on the edge and become a set established sound of their own within a genre. Travel down the ruined dragon’s hole.
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An Abstract Illusion – The Sleeping City Review
In the Gator’s semi-advanced age, a conciliary mindset directed him to pick up the promo for The Sleeping City. But pressing play on “Blackmurmur”, and sitting through seven minutes of intro before the song reaches its four minutes of actual meat had him moments away from reaching for the metaphorical knife again.
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Morke – To Carry On Review
As Obsequiae have proved, flavoring your metal with some medievalism works. Now Morke’s mastermind Eric Wing is seeking to carry on growing that new tradition with their fourth album To Carry On. Time to dust off your chainmail and give this a spin.
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Krigsgrav – Stormcaller Review
“Stormcaller jumps from genre to genre as the mood takes it, and it is highly impressive how seamless those jumps are”, Anti-Peat jots down in his notebook stained with metal salad and dirt from Texan trenches, wishing someone would just shoot at him through the thick atmosphere.
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Ministry – The Squirrely Years Revisited Review
As a musician, sometimes you get high. Sometimes your name is Al. And sometimes you listen to one of your early albums—only to find yourself holding a new version of it with a cover featuring a squirrel with a raging boner.
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Messa – The Spin Review
The cruel, ever advancing passage of time spares no one. Three years, and a few mental breakdowns and depressive episodes later, Scuttlegoat finds himself confronted with The Spin. Will it make him turn 360 degrees around and walk away?
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The Infernal Deceit – The True Harmful Black Review
If there is one period and sound in metal history that gets Anti-Peat going like a small kid in a sweet shop, it’s 1990s Sweden. But can you get too much of a good thing? Join Anti-Peat as he tries to eat some German cuisine consisting of salty Swedish fish with a side of meatballs.
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Hirax – Faster Than Death Review
When bears don’t mosh, they rummage through some thrash. Will the return of Hirax induce some bear-fisted action, or will they leave Bobo hanging in the trash pit?
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Crypts of the Unknown: Blunt Force Trauma – Vengeance for Nothing
